Welcome to Handpicked.
Handpicked is a weekly collection of links and artwork, curated with love and strong opinions for the past 5+ years.
Sometimes it gets personal, like quitting Instagram, my fourth birth story and our first Super Bowl.
about alex
I’m Alex Sorensen Steele, mother of four. I live in Manhattan Beach with my husband Nate, who is a creative director for the NFL. I’m a third-generation newsletter writer.
I’ve written hundreds of issues of Handpicked while my children nap, attend school, and/or run wild.
In 2010, I started making photos on film, and in fall 2024, I sunsetted my photography business. Now I paint a lot.
You can check out vintage issues of Handpicked here.
things i also am
Stay-at-home mom, intersectional feminist, bread baker, organist, multiple miscarrier, Latter-day Saint (Mormon), vegetarian, Trader Joe’s junkie, enormous know-it-all, Californian-turned-Midwesterner-turned-Californian, HSP.
Happy to have you.